Dodgers and Giants Split Double Bill in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn June 29 the Dodgers and New York Giants split a doubleheader. Giants won 7-3 in the opener as John Frederick hit key moments, and Brooklyn took the second game 5-3 with Frederick delivering a homer in the eighth. In New York the Yankees beat the Senators 5-2 as Al Thomas and Johnny Allen limited hits and Thomas homered. Cincinnati saw Pepper Martin’s fourth inning triple spark the Cardinals to a 6-2 win over the Reds amid Reds miscues.
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al Thomas
Johnny Allen
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Allen
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Bill Hallahan
National and American League Yesterday and Today Scores Brief
National League results show Boston 5 Philadelphia 2 New York 7 3 Brooklyn 3 5 St Louis 6 Cincinnati 2 Yesterday. Today matches include St Louis at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Philadelphia. American League yesterday includes New York Washington 2 Philadelphia 5 Boston 4. Today Washington at New York Chicago at St Louis Detroit at Cleveland. Central Atlantic League scores feature Beckley 3 Charleston 2 Johnstown 6 3 Clarksburg 3 6 Cumberland 10 2 Huntington 0 0 Charleston at Beckley Clarksburg at Johnstown Huntington at Cumberland.
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Hurst
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Lombardi
Reds
Boston Braves top Phillies 5 to 2 in rubber game
Boston held the Phillies to four hits as Bob Brown pitched the win. Both Philadelphia runs were unearned, scored in the fourth on errors by Akers and Shires. Earlier, June 23, the Athletics edged the Red Sox 5 to 4 as Johnson homered for Boston.
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Akers
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Kurasse
Red Sox
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Ake
Practice Habit Contains Menace on Golf Practice
Advice notes that excessive practice on the range harms form and stamina. Ten minutes with each club suffices. more than half an hour tires the player, blisters hands, and fuels frustration. Best method is to play three balls per hole on a non crowded course to study shots, lies, and distances without rushing.
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Artie McGovern
Fairmont Nine to Play L A Team Here
The Fairmont Salvation Army baseball team comes to Graf ton for a return game with the local Salvation Army squad in an attempt to avenge last week’s 5 to 2 defeat. Poole and Keefover expected to start for Graf ton. Fairmont lineup not received.
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Grafton
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Keefover
Lightning Strikes Baltimore Home Man Hit By Bolt
A lightning bolt struck the home of Wilmer Ehiers, 55, in Baltimore County, hitting him on the back. He lay unconscious for several minutes before regaining use of his legs and crawling to a telephone to call for help. He responded to treatment and doctors said his condition was “Beed.” Alaska territory annually packs salmon worth 30 million dollars.
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Baltimore
Wilmer Ehiers
Baltimore County
Vines Is Sole U S Survivor In Net Tourney
Wimbledon report notes Ellsworth Vines Jr. reached the semi finals while many American players fell. Jiro Satoh defeated Sidney Wood, Bunny Austin beat Frank Shields, and mixed doubles results favored international pairs as Vines advanced with Helen Wills Moody in doubles.
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Tenniis
Enrique Maier
Sidney B. Wood
New York
Jiro Satoh
Frank Shields
Wood
England
H. W
Bunny) Austin
Anna Harper
San Francisco
Ian Collins
W. H. Montgomery
G. R. Sherwell
Jacques Brugnon
Mme
Rene Mathieu
Jack Crawford
Australia
Wilmer Allison
Helen Jacobs
Deadlock avoidance eyed by Roosevelt aides at convention
J Bruce Kremer, Roosevelt rules committee chair, interprets the plan to prevent a deadlock as seeking a major shift if no candidate secures a clear victory at the convention. He implies the governor's preference for a broad coalition approach should no single candidate prevail.
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J. Bruce Kremer
Roosevelt
Rules Committee
New York
Senate Bill Would Send Veterans Home
The Senate passed a measure to lend veterans funds for transportation and subsistence as they return home from the capital. Earlier, the Washington police superintendent called off police connections with marchers and handed over remaining food fund dollars.
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House
Carload of Flour Sent to Needy by Salvation Army
The Salvation Army unloaded a government shipment of 2 700 sacks of 24 pounds at Beech street siding for city and county families. It is the second carload of the season and follows a rush of about 600 people to relief headquarters for food. The supply is expected to last at least five weeks.
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Army
Portrait ad and historical facts note
An 8x10 oil portrait offered for one dollar by W R Loar and Son during a summer special. The snippet also notes that fourteen states have no auto speed limit. Air travel figures show 400,000 passengers last year versus 6,000 in 1926. A curious fact states it takes eight million years for uranium to transform into radium.
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W.R. Loar & Son
Great Britain
Ouimet to Lead Golfers With Fresh Walker Cup Team
Captain Francis Ouimet selects a mix of youth and experience for the United States Walker Cup team to defend the cup against Britain on September 12 at Brookline Mass. The lineup features George Dunlap Jr Billy Howell Harrison Johnson Donald Moe Maurice McCarthy Charles Seaver Jess Sweester George Voight and Jack Westland with five first time Cup players and veterans Ouimet Johnston and Sweester providing backbone.
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Francis Ouimet
Brookine
Mass
Ouimet
Walker
Vardon
Ray
H. & Ramsey
United States Golf Association
George T. Dunlap, Jr
Princeton
Billy Howell
Richmond
Harrison R
Jimmy) Johnson
St. Paul
Donald K. Moe
Portland
Maurice McCarthy, Jr
Charles Feaver
Los Angeles
Stanford
Jess W. Sweester
George J. Voight
Jack Westland
Chicago
McCarthy
Howell and
Sever
Dunlap
Westland
Johnston
Sweester
Naval battle on Ohio river amid coal strike clashes
The first sea like clash of the Ohio bituminous coal field strike occurred on the Ohio river near Powhatan. Seven boat loads of pickets faced about half a dozen boats from the West Virginia side in a melee using clubs and oars. Two miners were thrown in the river and rescued by deputies.
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Imid
Sherif
River Rise Measured at City Filtration Plant
J O Mathis reports River rise of 18 inches from 11 20 a m to 12 30 p m today with a prior 16 inch gain overnight after a near cloudburst in the area. The morning increase appears to originate from Sandy Creek and affect the river system.
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Tyearts
J. O. Mathis
Sandy Creek
Local River Conditions Improve After Rainfall Shortage
Mr Mathis notes muddy water and a rising river from Knottsville origin with no heavy rainfall except Monday. The river’s flood eased, the swimming pool low, water supply stimulated by rainfall for gardens and crops. Ground remained heavy yesterday but plowing resumes in higher sections as soil stays moist and safe.
Girl 17 swept over Cheat River dam in water wall
A two foot wall of water from Shaffer's Fork of Cheat River swept Miss Geraldine Lanham, 17, of Parsons, over the pulp mill dam at 3 pm yesterday. Her swimming companion John Johnson from Elkins rescued her as she went under twice. She was uninjured but shaken. friends call it a narrow escape from death.
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Parsons
Shaffer
Cheat River
Miss Limham
John Johnson
Elkins
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